Application of power



'B. L. BEEBE. APPLICATION OF POWER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.3, 1922.

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' INVENTOR. Byron L. Beebe ATTORNEY.

B. L. BEEBE.

APPLICATION OF POWER. APPLICATlON FILED 1AN.3.1'922.

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Eyroh-L. Beebe Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

BYRON L. BEEBE,-- OF WELLINGTON,

APPLICATION or rownn.

Application filed January 3, 1922. Serial No. 526,823.

To all 10/ 20922 may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON L. Bnnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVellington, in the county of Sumner and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Application of Power, of which the following is a, de-

scription, referring to the drawings which accompany this specification.

The invention relates, first; to a driving wheel of the type employed as therear wheel en wheel such as the front wheels of an auin contra-distinction to the rear driving wheels which moved forward under arotary driving arrangement. The invention refers especially to an improvement upon the mechanism covered by the United States Patent #1,3418,202issued to me under date of Aug. 3, 1920, the construction of the present invention being; regarded as more simple and the action of the elements in combination as more positive and effective.

In the drawings Fig. 1. shows a side view of an automobile wheel, embodying the principles of my invention, with parts removed for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1 with a portion in section corresponding to the sectional cut taken along the line IIII, Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 shows a side view of a front or driven wheel of an automobile, with parts removed for clearness of illustration. Fig. 4 is a top view of Fig. 8 with a portion in section corresponding to the sectional cut taken along the line IV -IV Fig looking in the direction of the arrows. Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is a tire casing mounted on a rim 11 rigid with the felloe A ring 13 is inwardly arranged upon the felloe 12 and is provided with a series of dovetail recessed openings 14 the base of the recess being wider than the base of the dovetail rib 14* forming the sides of And second; to a come the adjacent recesses: .Agpair. off-outer ring. elements 15 and 16' are also rigid with the felloe 12, by means of bolts 17 Or so that'theg ring 13 is arranged inter-mediate the rings- 15 and 16. 7

Power for forward or reverse rotation ofthe tire casing 10 in its'travel .upon the roadway is provided by means of the engine driven drive shaft 18 of the car. And19 represents a circular plate rigid with the shaft 18 and havingga commoncenter. The periphery of the plate 19'isformed as a series of alternating dovetail recesses 20- and.

ribs 21, the base of the recesses being wider than the base of the ribs. The diameter of the plate 19 is greater than the diameter of the circle of the base of the ribs 14 on the ring 13 but less than that of the circle of the base of the recesses 14: thereof an-d iii-the assembly illustrated, a dovetail rib 21 of the plate 19 engages with a; dovetail recess 14: of the ring 13, said ring 13 and plate 19 lying in a common plane at right angles to the drive shaft 18. v I

A series of balls 22, eaohseated within an indenture 23 in the plate 19, arearranged on opposite sides-thereof, or-so as to-bear against the outerringelements 15 and 16' and preserve the relative positions oftl'e ring-13 andfiplate 19 as to their'common plane of position.

When the drive. shaft rotates; the plate 19;

in the direction indicated by the arrow 24:, the angle of the dovetail elements occasions a travel of the ribs 21 at the left of Fig.v 1 to a more complete engagement with the ribs 14*, that is the center of the shaft 18 has moved to the left of the center axis of the casing 10, thus the weight of the carload is eccentrically thrown upon the ribs 14* at the left of Fig. 1. Should the shaft 18 be thrown into reverse, the ribs 21 at the right of Fig. 1 would tend to slide down further and engage fully the ribs 14*, reversing the position of the elements as illustrated in Fig. 1 and occasioning' the application of power in a rearward direction.

The foregoing description refers to the application of power to the rear or driving wheel of an automobile, in this case the powor was applied in a rotary direction; in the case of the front wheel 25 Figs. 3 and 1, the rotary action of the drive shaft 18 occasioning the previously described travel of the driven automobile thereby moves the spindle, carrying the front wheel hub 26 in a forward or backward direction. Rigid with the hub 26 is a circular plate 27 similar to the plate 19 but unprovided with dovetail. elements on its periphery. The wheel 25 has a tire casing l0 mounted upon a rim ll rigid with the felloe 12*. No ring simi. lar to 13 on the rear assembly is employed but paired outer ring elements 15 16 are shown rigid with the felloe 12*, the bolts 17 maintaining the assembly. A series of balls 22* each seated within an indenture 23 in the plate 27, are arranged on opposite sides thereof, or so as to bear against the outer ring elements 15 16 and preserve the relative positions of the plate 27 and the fiat ring elements 13 rigid on the felloe 12*.

It will now be understood that the plate 27 (smaller in diameter than the ring 13*) on being pushed forward (or back) by the moving automobile spindle (not shown) will tend to roll up on the side of the ring 13 as seen in Fig. 3 and the action will become the same on the driven front wheels as on the driving rear wheels; the dovetail elements are here omitted as unnecessary. Modifications may be used within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now fully described my invention what I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a wheel having a central element rigid with a circular plate; and a rim carrying a ring arranged within a felloe and around the periphery of said plate.

2. In combination, awheel having a central element rigid with a circular plate; rim on a felloe a ring arranged within the felloe and around the periphery of the plate; a pair of ring elements rigid with the felloe arranged on opposite sides of the first mentioned rlng, and balls carried in indentures on the outer face elements of the circular plate and in contacting relationshi with said paired ring elements for the purposes specified.

3. In combination, a revolvable drive shaft and a circular plate rigid therewith, dovetail recesses and ribs in alternating arrangement upon its periphery; and a rim carrying a ring having dovetail recesses and dovetail ribs in alternating arrangementupon its inner face and engaging with the dovetail ribs and recesses of the plate; the periphery of the plate ribs being less in diameter than the circle in which lie the bases of the dovetail recesses of the ring all for the purposes substantially as specified.

4c. In combination, a revolvable drive shaft and a circular plate rigid therewith, dovetail recesses alternating with dovetail ribs arranged on its periphery; and a rim carrying a ring arranged within a :telloe. and upon which felloe said rim is mountable, said ring having dovetail recesses and dovetail ribs in alternating arrangement upon its inner face and engaging with the dovetail ribs and recesses of the plate. the periphery of the plate ribs being less in diameter than the circle in which lie the bases of the dovetail recesses of the ring; and a pair of ring elements rigid with the felloe and between which said first ring element is positioned and balls carried in indentures on the outer face elements of the circular plate and in a contacting relationship with said paired ring element for the purposes specified.

BYRON L. BEEBE.

Witnesses M. Y. CHARLES, E. SAWYER 

